- Date
- October 11, 1988, 11:30 local (16:30 UTC)
- Place
- Fairfax, OK
- Injuries
- 1 serious
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Enroute
- Aircraft
- N11191Cessna 140
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report September 25, 1989
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19881011046179A
- Case key
- 22806
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that the engine locked and he made a forced landing in a muddy, plowed field. The airplane landed hard and the plt received a fracture to the skull just above his right eye. During engine teardown, the head from the exhaust valve on the number one cylinder was found sticking sideways in the head of the number one piston.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N11191
- Reported as
- Cessna 140
- Category
- Airplane
- Serial number
- 13007
- Airframe hours
- 2,055
- Engine
- Continental C-85-12, 85 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Max D. Ludwig
- Registered owner
- Ludwig, Max And Irma J
- Airworthiness certificate
- Standard, Normal
- Last inspection
- Annual · May 21, 1988 · 30 hours before
- Departed
- PNC · Ponca City, OK
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 68
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Left
- Flight hours
- 490 total · 478 in this make and model · 440 as pilot in command · 30 in the last 90 days · 10 in the last 30 days · 1 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- 180° at 5 knots, gusting 10
- Visibility
- 10 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 79 °F
- Altimeter
- 30.00 inHg
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.